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Friday, October 28, 2011

Music: Romeo and Juliet

I was flipping through my CD booklet and found a few old mix CDs I had put together. I listened to one on the way to work this morning, and a song came up that I'd totally forgotten about -- the Killers' cover of Dire Straits' 1980 song "Romeo and Juliet." It's an amazing love song, with the obvious reference to Shakespeare's play, but also more subtle references, including to the 1963 hit by the Angels, "My Boyfriend's Back."